Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-05-07
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Shuqualak.

ED. BEiCoN:-I send you a few
lines to let y0H know how | got on in
Cincinnati and other places. In Gin
%cinnati we visited all the important
places worthy Of note, Went to Wal
nut Hills on the elevated Railway,
several hundred feet above the city.
The cars ace drawn up several hun
drcd feet by cables attached to the
cars at An angle OF about forty-hye de-
grccs ii looks dangerous, but no acct
dent has evcr happened. Several
wears ago this hlll had but II house
on il; il now numbers 25,0OO inhabi-
tanls. with many fine h9uses and pal
!ulial residences, A great many mil
lionaircs have built ont there VIEWS
tied the art gallery; it is Il beautiful
place, with many fine pictures. We
went oat 20 Lands End on the Cable
street ears. They travel very fast, pro
PEELED by steam, with under ground
cables no lior.cs, 10 steam visible;
glides along like the electric cars.
These cars aFc very clean and finely
FLASHED inside. 1t is quite a curiosity
to see thea, apparently without any
proprll.ng powers. They turn very
quirklv, almost at right angles with
ease.
We visited Mount Auburn, another
beautiful place; the scenery was beau
tiftl and picturesque, The Geological
Garden is there, with all sorts Of AMI.
mails and birds, lions. tigers, grizzly
bears. white or polar bears. sea lions,
giranrs, one eighteen feet high from
hoof TO top ut head, said t. be the
largest in the world It's neck istwclvc
feet long. There is a pretty lake in
the garden, with swans, wi Il geese,
all Kin IS OF dark, &c. II i Il bcauti-
tul sight to behold them swimming
aud diving in the pcarlv and limpld
water. We saw SO many tlIin"' III
the garden that we cannot mention Tor
want of space. The hippopotamus
and her babies attracted my attention,
also the baby monkeys, icopards, and
baby elephants: all was well worth
seeing, There were fine walks, plenty
of shruberry and flowers. suppose
il would compare mvorably with the
Garden OF Eden, minus the innocenlS.
We had a jolly time all the way
through aud especially at Eden Park.
We visited the Old Mems and Wo-
mems lntirmary, all done up in nice
and comfortable style. We can say
nothing against Ciucinnati, as we were
treated so well We had a special in
yitaiiou TO dine nj the Burnett House,
which we accepted, and had n very
fine time. | gave them Il toast, with
cold water. We drank to. the New
South, to the uuion of the States and
TO the Southern ladies, who are the
flowers OF earth and the poetry of
Heaven. As there were several south
crn ladies present, il created quite Il
round of applause, We were dined
day after day. until | began TO think
| was almost equal to Grover Z.
We heard sam Jones ut ST PnuIS
Church. duriag the day and at Music
Hail AT night. All seemed well pleas.
ed with the Georgia preacher. lie
spoke to 1000 people at the Hall. lie
told them what he thought of their
city in very plain style; he hit the
ucople Of that town some heavy !ickS.
lie said if the State prison had its
dues, many Il familiar face that APP
pcarcd on the streets Of Cincinnati cv-
erv day would be within lis walls. Ike
was cherred Justify every time he
made such thrusts. lie. told all about
the bar rooms he saw in the city while
going to church on Sunday night. lie
thought Cincinnati was q small hell
run on a large scale, Mt least portions
oft. He spoke ct the habit Of lying.
He said he knew n man who was u
constitutional liar. that yon couih
rive him three fair trials TO tell the
truth and then could not tell II to save
his life. We were proud OF sam, as
he was from the South, and acquitted
himself so finely. ...
The Public Schools OF C%incinnati
are mixed. This is n late law, to take
effect the LIST of May. II caused q.h'e
n futicr of excitement among the De-
ter class of society. A great many
will not send to the public schools on
nccount of this odious law. Many
respectable colorcd people objected to
il. ..
dincd at the Springer Mansion
and at many other places OF note D!
spctial invitation. Springer was 'ne
man thai donated 80 much money 10